
Education
Christina school board approves Delaware’s first ‘safe zone’ policy for unauthorized students
Christina School District on Tuesday became the first in Delaware to adopt a “safe zone” policy that spells out specific step ...
8 years ago
Listen 1:12Center City charter school to close during NFL draft
As NFL fans descend on Philadelphia for the April draft, one charter school has decided to punt on nearly a week of school. The Ru ...
8 years ago
Changing climate and flattening Earth: Teaching science in a ‘fake news’ world
A glossy booklet with an intriguing title recently turned up in Patrick Engleman’s mailbox. “Why Scientists Disagree About Gl ...
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ListenIt takes a ‘learning hero’ to break out of the education pipeline
Who is your learning hero? Who would you say has been an inspirational person in your life who has unlocked new ideas and pushed you to learn?
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Colonial sets new schools referendum, threatens massive cuts should it fail again
Barely one month after voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum bid, Colonial School District has scheduled a scaled-down plan for vot ...
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Philly’s community schools start to take shape
For months now, coordinators at Philadelphia’s new batch of community schools have been planting the proverbial seeds. They& ...
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A science expo for do-gooders: Philly students tackle Aspen Challenge
The students at John Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia had a simple goal: They wanted their neighborhood to look nicer. ...
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In suburban Pa., school district defends transgender policy
A suburban Philadelphia school district has opted to defend its policy on transgender students in the face of a recent lawsuit. Th ...
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Immigrant children are using comic books to express their fears of deportation [photos]
Comic books gave rise to Superman and Wonder Woman — and are now giving voice to kids telling their own stories about immigration. ...
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ListenAmid billions owed in student loans, U.S. taps law firms to recoup small debts from long ago
Adriene McNally received an unwanted gift on her 49th birthday in January: a notice that the federal government had placed a lien on her ...
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Listen 6:17Here’s who’s benefitting from Philly’s pre-K expansion
As Philadelphia’s pre-K program approaches its three-month anniversary, new data on the program shows that families in PHLpreK are, ...
8 years ago
Are colleges suppressing free speech?
Guests: Samantha Harris, Jason Stanley Guest host Mary Cummings-Jordan will talk to a panel about the on-going de ...
Air Date: March 27, 2017
Listen 00:49:44Delaware students band together to play Carnegie Hall
In the beginning, nearly a decade ago, Brandywine School District orchestra director Anita Pisano migrated from building to building, hel ...
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At many Pa. colleges, black students are not benefiting amid rising graduation rates
A recent study finds graduation rates at f ...
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SRC to city, state leaders: Show us the money
Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission adopted a lump sum budget Thursday, but not before a surprisingly frisky conversation that ...
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